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Remilia's POV

Around 230 years ago

I went down into the library. There were many more books in there since Patchouli kept her eye on it. I stopped when I crossed the door to the staircase that led deeper into the basement. Again I inhaled the air and laid my hand on the doorknob, but I dismissed the thought out of my mind. My hand moved away from the doorknob and my palm touched the hard wooden planks of the door. "We'll meet again, Flandre. Sooner or later you'll be with me again." I mumbled these words to the door as if I thought it would answer me. A short moment later I pushed me away from the door and walked down the hallway to the library.

When I reached the massive doors of it, they were suddenly opened and the devil came stepped into the hallway. "Oh, good evening, mistress! Patchouli-sama is waiting for you!"

"Thanks Koa!" she walked down the hallway "Are you making tea? If yes, bring me some too!" She turned around and smiled firmly.

"Of course, mistress!" I turned to the library's entrance again. When I walked into the huge hall, I could see Patchouli in her usual position behind her desk, reading one of the many books.

"Good evening, Patchy!" I called trough the whole library. I knew Patchouli hated it when somebody made noise in there, but I just felt like doing it. She slammed her book on the table and stared at me with an annoyed look on her face.

"Are you for real, Remi? Could you at least be quiet in here?" She buried her face in the book again. I walked towards her and sat down on a chair across from her.

"No I can't!" I smiled at her sarcastically. She didn't seem to pay me attention at all. "But I guess you can at least stop ignoring me!" I snapped my fingers in front of her face multiple times and chuckled.

"For heaven's sake, Remi! You can be so troublesome sometimes, you little child!" Little child? I blushed a little in embarrassment when she said that. "No words left? Normally you're more stubborn!" I glanced at her. She smiled at me provocatively.

"Normally you wouldn't sit here anymore, if you weren't my friend. Bear that in mind!"

"Yeah, whatever you say, little Remilia!" She really couldn't stop acting like that... and it was embarrassing. Well at least nobody was with us...

"Your tea Patchouli-sama!" I should have known, that Koakuma would come precisely when it was most inconvenient. She put down the cup for Patchouli and for me "And yours, mistress!"

"Thanks Koa!" We both said at the same time and giggled.

"Anytime again!" She bowed and turned away to a pile of books that needed to be sorted.

"Don't mind taking a break, Koa! You've already done more than you should!" I never knew that Patchouli cared so much about her familiar. Well I wouldn't mind anymore when some of the maids or Meiling would work more than they should. It depends on the quality of their work and not on the quantity whether somebody get a break or not.

"Thank you so much, Patchouli-sama!" the devil said cheerfully and when she was about to leave Patchy called her back.

"Wait Koa!"

"What is it, Patchouli-sama?"

"Would you... please stop using this honorific? I'm Patchouli to you, ok?" I was rarely that dumbfounded. But Patchouli left me speechless on an almost regular base. She just couldn't mean that for real. After all Koakuma was her servant and not a dear friend... or was she even that? The devil had tears of pure joy in her eyes.

"B-But Patchouli-sama...!" She was interrupted by her mistress.

"Ah! You said it again. Just stop using it. It's fine." Patchouli normally had a cold smile, but this time I literally felt the warmth in it. She raised her index finger. "And now..." She pointed at the huge door of the library "... go and get some rest. You look tired!" Koakuma bowed with a bright smile and left the library.

"I can't believe that you're so close to each other!"

"Aren't you and Meiling close too?" That was not wrong. After all we were close.

"Yes we are... but not THAT close."

"I see." She paused and sipped on her tea. "You know... She's kind of my daughter. I summoned her with all my powers. When she woke up I held her in my arms... and I lost my life as an ordinary magician because of her. And I accepted the things as they were. It sure was fate that I summoned her out of all possibilities." Fate... I didn't manipulate Patchouli's fate at all. So it really was her fate.

"The borders of fate can't be manipulated that easy. Even for me it's hard to change it. So I guess you were created to summon this little devil." She looked at me with a worried look.

"You didn't change mine or her fate, did you?"

"No! I didn't even tried it until now." A sigh of release left her body.

"I appreciate that very much, Remi. So now I know how I have to think of her."

"What do you mean?" She stared to the door.

"Nothing... just nothing." Her voice was very calm and soothing. She smiled and sipped on her tea again. "What about you?"

"What about me?" I really wondered what she was alluding to.

"Is there someone special in your life? - You never told me anything about your past or your family... and I was curious for the past 20 years what's so special with this one door in front of the library." She never asked me about my past either. I knew almost everything about her past and everything she knew was, that I was involved in this incident in the human village.

"I always thought you knew it..."

"Knew what?"

"About her."

"Who do you mean? I really don't know about by whom you're talking about!" I didn't want to tell her about it, but I didn't want to disappoint her either. I mean she was my first real friend after centuries. Meiling excluded.

"What I'm going to tell you now doesn't concern anybody!"

"Sure Remi. I promise I won't even tell Koakuma about it!"

"Fine." I took a deep breath "Your stories about this incident mentioned a girl with wings of crystal, right?"

"Right!"

"But the vampire you know has no crystal wings..."

"You don't mean... there is... another vampire?"

"You got the point... and you lived together with her the past 20 years..."

"What? Who is she? And where?"

"She is... my little sister. Meiling and I sealed her in the basement 370 years ago. The door in the hallway is leading to her room."

"And let me guess: She caused this massacre in the village?"

"Correct!" Patchouli breathed out loudly. She had to assimilate what I've jut told her.

"And who takes care of her? I mean she needs food."

"Meiling brings her food every day."

"What about her... need of blood?"

"When I go hunting, I fill some of the blood in small capsules. Flandre get's it mixed up with her tea." There was a long silence between us until I eventually continued "If you want, I can tell you, what happened in reality that time."

"I'd love to. But please, Remi, don't force you to do something you don't want to. It will only make things worse." She looked into my eyes. She was really worried about me, like Meiling would've been this moment.

"Don't worry about me, Patchy. Every time I tell this story, I feel better afterwards." I smiled at her.

"If you say so, I'll believe you."

And so I told the story again...

Hey there! Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed it! So, here I focused on the relationship between Patchouli and Koakuma, as well as the relationship between Remilia and Patchouli. I have not included Meiling in purpose, because I needed a first step, why the close relationship between Remilia and Meiling breaks apart into a more professional one. I think you know, that Sakuya takes Meiling's role.

I also tried to write more dialogues, so I hope it wasn't confusing anyone ^^

Anyways! Next chapter will be up soon!